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W. D. MARTIN.

CLOTHES DRIER.

UNITED STATES PAT NT FICE.

WILLIAM B. MARTIN, on WARSAW, NEW YORK.

CLOTHES DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,013, dated July 5,1887.

Application filed December 18, 1886. Serial No. 221,990.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. DIARTIN,

. which are made to impinge the wooden ones near the ends thereof, andso arranged (by means of a longitudinal central joint) that the framemay be suspended from the side wall of the room by means of screw-eyes,which enter the wall, and within the upper eye the hooked end of thevertical rod enters, so as to suspend the frame, while the lower end ofthe said rod, by means of a bend in the same, engages with thelower eye,and in such manner that the center or jointed part of the frame isthrown outward, so as to form an elbow, whereby towels or like articlesmay be hung upon the rods, and by means of the angle in the frame permita free circulation of air between the articles of clothing, towels,&c.,which depend from the rods; and the object of my improvement is toprovide a portable and adjustable clothes-frame that shall be simple inconstruction, yet having the maximum of strength, and that by itssimplicity of manufacture can be placed in the'hands of the user at anominal price. I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view of theframe secured to an upright wall, with the center thrown outwardly andin operating position. Fig. 2 is a face view of the frame suspendedalone from the hooked end of the vertical rods.-

Fig. 3 is a side view of one of the vertical rods, with the wooden rodsremoved, and Fig. 4. is a like view of a section of a modification,showing the manner of holding the wooden rod in place by pinching themetallic rod around and upon the former.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

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A represents the wooden rod;'B, the metallic rod having the opening I),made so as to wind around and hold the rod A.

0 represents an eye upon the end of the rod 13, which encircles thecenter wooden rod, whereby the hinged joint is formed, in the mannerpresently described.

D represents the upper hooked end of rod 13, while the lower bend in thesaid rod is designated D.

In forming the hinge-joint the ends of the metallic rods of one sectionof the frame are made to loosely encircle the center rod, while the endsof the rod upon the corresponding section are made to tightly claspabout the center or hinge red, the loose portions being upon the outsideof the tightly-clasped portions, or vice versa, whereby a hinged connection is formed and lateral displacement of the sections prevented.Instead of having the metallic rods wound around the wooden-rods, theparts may be united by forming the metallic rod as shown in' Fig. 4.,and have the said rod pinched tightly about and against the wooden one,as will be readily understood.

I am aware that clothes-frames have heretofore been similarlyconstructed from metal entire, the parts being united by pouring aboutthe joints molten metal. Consequently I do not claim such device; but

What I do claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described clothes-drier, consist ing of the two sections,each composed of me tallic rods provided with looped openings,

and wooden rods inserted in said openings, the inner ends of themetallic rods of each section having loops or eyes that engagea singlecentral wooden rod, whereby the two sections are hinged together, theouter ends of said metallic rods being provided with loops or eyes forattaching the drier to the wall of a room,all substantially as shown anddescribed.

\VILLIAM D. MARTIN.

Witnesses:

G. G. BARTLETT, E. M. JENNINGS.

